Why IBM employees in Brazil are suing to be classified as tech workers
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Unions in two Brazilian states are suing IBM in an effort to be recognized as tech employees, giving them access to better wages, benefits, and profit participation.

IBM registered itself (in Brazil) as a sales company.

sales workers have a 44-hour workweek — four hours more than the limit for tech workers. The latter are also entitled to a higher minimum wage, overtime pay, and profit participation — a year-end bonus that depends on the company’s annual profit.

  • driving_crooner
    23·
    8 months ago

    Brazillian IBM have them classified as “comercial” workers, like shop assistants or cashiers, so they’re part of that union that is not very good. They’re fighting to be classified as the correct classification and be part of the correct union, with better perks I suppose.

    • pro_grammer@programming.devOP
      16·
      8 months ago

      with better perks I suppose.

      Correct. When they are classified as tech workers, they get the following:

      a higher minimum wage, overtime pay, and profit participation — a year-end bonus that depends on the company’s annual profit.

      They also have to work 40 hours a week instead of 44 when they are classified as tech workers.

  • Hupf@feddit.de
    13·
    8 months ago

    Uh boss, that Device here looks very techy to me. You should get a technician to handle it, I’d hate to be responsible for breaking it.

    • edgemaster72@lemmy.worldEnglish
      101·
      8 months ago

      Unions in two Brazilian states are suing IBM in an effort to be recognized as tech employees, giving them access to better wages, benefits, and profit participation.

      Sounds like IBM save on wages, benefits, and profit sharing by not doing what otherwise is so painfully obvious it should already be the case.

    • umbrella@lemmy.ml
      5·
      8 months ago

      wasnt aware of this but probably a loophole in our legislation, similar to how app workers (like uber) arent considered employees so they can exploit them more.

    • pro_grammer@programming.devOP
      3·
      8 months ago

      So that they don’t have to pay bonuses and make them work 44 instead of 40 hours per week. IBM registered itself (in Brazil) as a sales company.

      sales workers have a 44-hour workweek — four hours more than the limit for tech workers. The latter are also entitled to a higher minimum wage, overtime pay, and profit participation — a year-end bonus that depends on the company’s annual profit.